Joel 2:26

And my people, etc.] probably by copyist error from next verse.

27. The rain and the harvests are evidences of Jehovah's presence. Israel] the Jewish community so called after the exile. None else] an assertion of monotheism: cp. Deuteronomy 4:35; Deuteronomy 4:39; 1 Kings 8:60; Isaiah 45:5; Isaiah 45:18.

And my people, etc.] The glorious climax. Under the figure of the locust plague and the promised years of plenty, the prophet saw the final judgment and felicity of Israel, and thus he is naturally led to the thought of Joel 2:28.